Braid Wood

Braid Wood is a forest in , . Braid Wood is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wallace’s Cave and Kingencleugh Castle.

Cave
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wallace's Cave in the Lugar Gorge at in the Parish of is an 18th-century grotto, contemporary with Dr Johnson's Summerhouse which is also located on the Auchinleck Estate.

Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The remains of the old castle of Kingencleugh or Kingenclough lies close to east of the town of , , in the old Barony of Mauchline off the A76. The castle is Category B listed.

Bridge
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The is the tallest extant railway viaduct in Britain. It is 169 feet high, and carries the railway over the near and in , Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mauchline and Catrine.

Town
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and civil parish in , . In the 2001 census had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial.

Village
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is a village in , Scotland, which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture. The village is located close to the settlements of and , and had a population of around 2,020 in 2020.

Village
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village 5 miles southeast of , and 2 miles northwest of in , . Surrounding the village is Estate, centred on House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of .

Braid Wood

Latitude
55.4771° or 55° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
-4.369° or 4° 22′ 8″ west
Open location code
9C7QFJGJ+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 381734914
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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